Saw guide



Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH W. CAUSEY, .OF ELECTRIC MILLS, MISSISSIPPI.

SAW GUIDE.

`Application led February 16, 1927. Serial No. 168,542.

ing the saw in position, will not have a tendf ency to heat the saw to a great extent and will at the same time, when the saw tends to 19 run-back on the wheel under stress, give with j the saw so that the back edge of the saw will not be injured.

For the purpose of disclosing my invention I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in il the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a band saw mill showing my guide in position;

. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the guide;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation thereof;

Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal section, and

Fig. 5'is a detail transverse section.

In the embodiment illustrated the band saw mill is lprovided with a supporting'arm 1, extending from the frame of the mill `and "271 in a position to support the guide 2 above the cutting point of the saw.

The guide 2, as illustrated in Figs. 2 to 4, comprises an open faced housing 3 extending rearwardly from a front plate 4. This plate :ze is provided at one end with suitable bolt openings 5 by which it may be secured in position on the arm 1. A guide block holder 6 is mounted within this housing and is adapted to contain a plurality of guide blocksr 35 7. Each of theser blocks is centrally bored as at 8 to receiveran adjusting screw 9 which screw passes through the back nut 10 bean ing on the rear face of the block.l The screw its rear end is provided with a tapered shoulder 11 seating in a taperedV opening 12 in the rear wall of the block holder 6 and this y screw at its rear end is provided with a 'squared shank 13 adapted to project through an elongated slot 14 in the housing 3 so that access to the screw for the purpose of adjusting the blocks and due to the elongated slot the block holder 6 will be permitted to slide transversely in the housing. One end of the holder 6 is provided with a guide screw 15 which is fastened into the rear wall" of the holder 6 and projects throughthe slot 14, a washer 16 being interposed between the head of the screw and the rear wall of the housing 3. The holder is maintained in its projected position, that is the position toward the toothed edge of the saw, by means of a coiled spring 17 interposed between-the side wall of the housing and a side wall of the holder 6. The rearmost block 18 in the holder is made longer than the remaining blocks 7 so that its side face Will engage the back edge of the band saw 19.l f

In operation the blocks 7 are adjusted, in o out, to bear against the side face of the saw 19 and the block 18 is set so that when the holder 6 is moved to its extreme forward position under the influence of the coiled spring f 17 the side face thereof will be adjacent the back of the saw. eration the saw tends to run backward, the back edge being in contact with the block 18, the holder will give to the Saw, but at the same time exert a pressure forward and as soon as the pressure of thematerial to be cut is relieved, the guide will center the saw on the wheel under the influence of the coiled spring 17. By this arrangement the saw will not come in contact with metal parts to become extremely heated or damaged thereby. Thevblocks 7 and 18 are made of wood which had been cured in oil, thereby reducing the friction on the saw to the minimum. I claim as my invention: A 1. A top guide for band saws comprising a housing, a guide block holder slidably mounted in said housing, a plurality of individually adjustable guide blocks mounted in said holder and a guide block at onev .end of said holder arranged for engagement with the back of the band saw.

2. A top guide forband saws comprising a housing open at-its front and having a slot in its rear wall, a guide block holder slidably mounted in said housing and biasedtoward its forward position, a Vplurality of indi-` vidually adjustable guide blocks mounted in 'said holder, means extending through the rear wall of said holder andvv projecting through said longitudinal slot in the housing for adjusting said blocks and a. guide block mounted in said holder arranged for engage ment with the back of the band saw.

In witness whereof, I JOSEPH W. CAUsEY, have hereunto set my hand at Electric Mills, Mississippi, this 12th dayl of Feby., A.. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

Jos'EPH w. oAUsEY. 'j

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